Zoo Bears for Valentine’s Day

 This resource for any Senior Kindergarten english teacher is included in the Zoo Unit. Click on the Link to the complete resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-26-8078353

Use this resource to develop your students’ language skills while introducing them to this Holiday. The colorful bears and balloons make learning engaging and help visual learners.

Students learn new words related to the Holiday symbols (hearts, cards, flowers) by using the flashcards provided in the resource.

Students see the numeral word (1-10) on the flashcards alongside the corresponding number of balloon hearts, reinforcing number recognition. Students can count and say the sentence: "The bear has seven balloons!"

Mix up the flashcards and have students arrange them in order from 1 to 10 on the board or wall.

Tracing the number words in the flashcards will help fine motor development while reinforcing English skills.

Print the worksheets to plan activities like matching number words to pictures.

 Learners count each heart on the balloon, developing the skill of matching numbers to objects. Ask questions: "How many hearts?"

Label the parts of body on this worksheet featuring a bear to reinforce vocabulary in a hands-on way.

Prepare the heart feed me box to create Listening activities, like following directions to put the corresponding card into the mouth of the heart to improve comprehension. I made mine by folding card board on the sides and gluing the heart template in the middle.

Card making is an activity that encourages giving and sharing to promote kindness and friendship.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day through this printable board game to keep students engaged and motivated.

Zoo Animal Cutout Activities for Kindergarten English Learners are included in this resource, go to the blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2022/05/zoo-animals-unit-small-cards-for_25.html

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Easter Monkey and Candies

 This resource is included in Zoo Animals Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #26, just click here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-26-8078353

There is this Monkey celebrating Easter.  The monkey happens to like candy and there is a bunch of them. Review the words form this zoo unit and introduce the new vocabulary for the Holiday. Start with the flashcards or the small cards included.

Create a Celebration banner for your classroom and have the students identify all the candy that each monkey is holding. Creating the banners serves as a visual aid to help your students and even more your visual learners better understand the new vocabulary

There are several worksheets to review the colors. Use the worksheets as a form of assessment to identify where your students might need extra support.

Once your children have colored all the marshmallow bunnies, the peep chicks and the eggs, have them cut all the items. There is a set of different sequences strips for your students to replicate and say the words.

A game to review the vocabulary words using the cracked egg puzzle.

Prepare a flip matching book. There is a colored version and a black and white one to suit your classroom needs.  The book is very interactive and engaging.  Students’ attention will be captivated as you match the monkey to the candy.

Teacher: The monkey has an egg. (flip through the pages) Look! Here is the egg.

Encourage your learners to participate flipping through the pages and find the same images that the monkey has and name them.

 

A basket craft to wrap up the lesson. This craft is great for cultural understanding and making it relevant. Art is an engaging way for students to develop vocabulary, follow directions, and express themselves, which is essential for language acquisition.

 Create the basket with all the candies learned from the lesson.

Zoo Animals Small Cards Activities for Preschool ELLs are included in the complete resource, go to the blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2022/05/zoo-animals-unit-small-cards-for_25.html 

Check my other blog for more resources and ideas for older students

https://eflelementaryresources.blogspot.com/

Monkey and the Cookie Jar for St. Patrick’s Day

 This resource is included in Zoo Animals Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series 26 which can be found at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-26-8078353

Use these Monkey flashcards to introduce your students to different words used on St. Patrick’s Day. Broaden their vocabulary using this monkey with cookies. This kind of activity will enhance their cultural awareness and understand the new language.

Do some spelling with the big flashcards and cutout letters. Students can recognize the letters in each word and replicate them.

Do the same but with the small cards included in the resource.

Have the students match the cookies small cards that the monkey has on his hands. Ask questions: What does the monkey have?

Students: a horseshoe and a lollipop!

Play St. Pat swatter. First make your swatter by attaching any St. Pat item to a wood rod. Here are mine.

Place all the small cards on a table and assign a number to each column, those would be the points they will get.

Name a card and the students will use their swatter to point to the card: a black pot!

Great! 5 points!

Use an egg holder and place all the cards.

Call on a card and have the students pick them: cupcake!

Just a few worksheets. Since this is a monkey with cookies resource, there is a cookie jar. Have the students read the colors and complete the cookies.

Give your students a brown bag for them to glue the cookie jar previously cut. The cookie should be cut as well.

Students will fill their cookie jar as they name each one: rainbow! Learners will solidify the new words in a fun way.

There is another worksheet that has a die. Games are a way to reinforce the vocabulary learned. Assign a color for each cookie on the die: color the clover green! Help the students cut and assemble the die.

 Have the students get together in pairs and throw their dice and see if the land the same to win a point. Give them a token each time they make a match. Students: a cookie! A cookie!

Wrap it up with a find a partner game. Print the monkey and the cookies cards and cut in half. Have the students match it up.

Teach Zoo Animals Vocabulary with Flashcards and Games, go to the blog post: 

https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2022/05/zoo-animals-unit-games-for-kindergarten.html

Check the Zoo Animals Unit for Preschool and Elementary ESL BUNDLE, at this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Unit-for-Preschool-and-Elementary-ESL-BUNDLE-5937781

I do have more resources for St. Patrick’s Day. I am inviting you to visit my board on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ei98srl/st-patrick-s-day/esl-st-patrick-s-day-for-kindergarten/

Zoo Animals Unit and Shapes for Kindergarten English Language Learners

  This complete Zoo Animals Unit includes printable flashcards, worksheets, games, sorting activities, books, crafts, and speaking tasks designed especially for preschool and kindergarten English language learners. Click on the Link to the complete preschool materials for language teachers:   https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Zoo-Animals-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-26-8078353

Teach basic shapes in a fun and meaningful way with these Zoo Animal Shapes Activities for preschool and kindergarten English language learners. Young ESL and EFL students practice vocabulary, shape recognition, classification, speaking skills, and listening comprehension through interactive games, sorting activities, flashcards, worksheets, and hands-on learning.

These printable zoo animal shape activities are perfect for circle time, math centers, literacy stations, small groups, and vocabulary review lessons for preschool and kindergarten English learners.

Zoo Animal Shapes Flashcards for Vocabulary Practice

Zoo Animals in different shapes Flashcards to be used  for having the brain recall all the the zoo animals and the shapes.

• Review the two-dimensional shapes using the zoo animals Flashcards that come in four basic shapes: rectangle, circle, triangle and square. Students should be able to identify the shapes.

Use the board to sort all the flashcards by shapes. Divide the board into the 4 basic shapes. Students wil come up and place the zoo animal where it belongs: It's a circle zebra!

Zoo Animal Shape Sorting Worksheets

Shapes are everywhere in real life, let your students recognize the shapes with the zoo animals by paying attention to the details. 

Use the worksheet set for the students as a visual to sort the zoo animals by shapes. This activity will lead to clear understanding of the basic shapes.

The video to working with the worksheets.

Zoo Animal File Folder Shape Game

Students can take the file folder game home to reinforce the shapes with their parents. This game aims to have the students classify the zoo animals by their shape. 

I printed and glues the 4 templates onto a big colored paper cardboard and you are ready for this problem solving activity.

Take a look:

Another way to do this is to make a shape board for sorting. I wrapped a piece of a box and divided it into 4 spaces. I also, had these animal paper that I cut into the shape for the sorting. The idea is to enhance vocabulary learning in the new language.

Putting the sorting mat together video:

More things are included in this resource, go to the blog post:   https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2022/06/zoo-animals-unit-book-craft-and-award.html 

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I used the digital paper from my affliate program Creative Fabrica. 

Here is the link:                        https://www.creativefabrica.com/product/wild-animals-seamless-patterns/ref/2670802/